Item number: A2981

Year: ND

Material: Bronze

Size: 22.0 x 22.2 x 0.7 mm

Weight: 1.75 g

Provenance: Spink 2023

This is a Vietnamese coin of unknown date of issue. Due to the country’s frequent historical periods of political fragmentation, and even during times of dynastic unification, regional warlords and local elites often engaged in the independent minting of currency. Within this socio-political context, numerous coins emerged that cannot be correlated with any officially recognised reign title. Such coins are referred to in numismatic scholarship as “uncatalogued coins” (脫譜錢), denoting currency that falls outside the established historical and administrative records.

The coin follows the traditional Chinese-influenced square-holed cash coin design and is made of bronze. The obverse of the coin follows a clockwise sequence, with the four Chinese characters “Đại Bình Nguyên Bảo” (大平元寶) inscribed in a somewhat cursive style of regular script. The reverse is plain, with no inscriptions or decorative motifs.

This coin was likely cast during the reign of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, the founding ruler of the Đinh dynasty (AD 970–980), and appears to have been privately issued by civilians imitating the official reign title “Thái Bình” (太平). The Đinh dynasty was the first in Vietnamese history to mint its own coinage. According to historical records, the official coin issued under Đinh Bộ Lĩnh bore the inscription “Đại Bình Hưng Bảo” (大平興寶).

物件編號: A2981

年代: 不明

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 22.0 x 22.2 x 0.7 mm

重量: 1.75 g

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚發行年代不明的越南錢幣，由於越南歷史上多次陷入分裂，即便是統一的王朝時期，地方上的豪強也經常有自行鑄幣的現象。在這樣的社會背景下，出現許多沒辦法跟統治者年號對應的錢幣，這些錢幣被稱為「脫譜錢」。

錢幣形制為深受中國影響的方孔錢，材質為青銅。錢幣正面按照順時針的順序，依序以稍顯潦草的楷書漢字書法鐫刻「大平元寶」四字。錢幣背面為光背，沒有任何圖案或文字。

這枚錢幣可能是開創丁朝的丁部領統治年間(公元970至980年)，民間模仿其年號「太平」所鑄造的錢幣。丁朝是越南歷史上首次自行鑄造錢幣的朝代，根據文獻紀載丁部領鑄造的錢幣名稱為「大平興寶」。